Re: Timezone List

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Magnus Hagander" <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net>
Cc: andrew(at)supernews(dot)com, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Timezone List
Date: 2006-09-17 02:31:48
Message-ID: 15778.1158460308@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Magnus Hagander" <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net> writes:
>> Any view over the full timezone names should also include the
>> corresponding data from zone.tab in the timezone library source.

> Just noticed this mail, so that's not included in my patch.

BTW, now that the view is in, I can't help noticing that it shows 550
different zone names, while there are only 392 entries in the zone.tab
file. I conclude that the zic people don't take maintenance of zone.tab
very seriously, and hence that we probably shouldn't rely on it.

regards, tom lane

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